Toy firearm



` E. B. ANDES.

TOY FIHEARM. APPLIATION FAILED OCT. 3.1921. v 1,43%7'9, Patented Dec'.5, 1922.

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TOY FIREARIVI. APPLICATION FILED OCT.. 3,-1921.

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' UNiTED STATES EUGENE B. ANDES, or LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY FIREARM.

Application led October 8, 1921.

To all whom yt may concern.'

Be it known that I, EUGENE B. ANDES, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county ofLancaster and State 5 of Pennsylvania, (my post-'office address being 24North Marshall St), have invented certain new and. useful Improvementsin ToyFirearms, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a toy firearm in whichmeans'are provided for preventing back-fire, flash or splash, which areliable to injure the operator.

With this object in view, one form of the invention resides,comprehensively stated, in a toy pistol, or the like, havinga cup-shapedhammer-head, Jfor the reception of the paper cap, in combination with ananvil, the anvil 20 and the hammer-head being lof differing diameters,so that, when the hammer-head is in a position of impact against'theanvil, the

side wall of the hammer head is spaced from the perimeter of the anvil.

The invention resides, more specifically, in a hammer-head, as recited,provided, on the impact-face thereof, with a central raised-v portion,forming a groove t-herearound, fa- .cil-itating the exit from the cup ofthe flame,

gases, and noise of explosion.

The invention resides, finally, in the precise novel construction,combination, and arrangement of parts lof a toy firearm, as will behereinafter fully described in the specification, summarized in theclaims, and illusv trated in the accompanying drawing, forming part ofthis specification andin which like yreference-characters denotecorresponding parts throughout the several figures.

In the drawing, briefiy described:

i Figure l is a view in side elevation of a one form of my invention; A

Figure 2 :is a view in side elevation, looking at the inner face of oneof the two sectoy pistol constructed in accordance with screws forfastening the sections together beini` shown 'in section;

- igure El'is a detached detail view, 1n end elevation, of the hammerand trigger; Figure 4 is a View in side elevationv of a Yslightlymodified form ofmy'invention; and

Figure 5 is a view in central, vertical, lonl lgitudinal section thereofSerial No. 505,009.

Referring, now, in detail, to the drawings, and, first, to Figs'l to 3thereof: As is customary in the construction of toy pistols, rifles, andlike pieces of ordnance made as playthings, my toy pistol is made insectional form, the sections being cast and united by screws, orotherwise.

My toy firearm may take any one of several forms. As shown, it is in theform of a pistol for exploding paper caps. It comprises two sides orsections, each denoted by the reference-numeral 1, and virtuallydupllcates of each other. The sections may be united in any one ofseveral. ways, as by rivets,-screws 2 being shown iin the `drawing,passing through registerin openings.

One of the sections' carries t e triggerand-hammer fulcrum-pin 3 and adiskshaped anvil 4. The anvil, however, may be of other forms thandisk-shaped.

My hammer and trigger are formed integral, 'as usual in toy pistols, thetrigger portion being designated by'-the reference-numeral 5 and thehammer portion by the reference-numeral 6. This combined hammer andtrigger is provided with a recess or slot extending inward from one sideof the hammer-and-trigger piece f (as distinguished from theconventional hole or aperture found' in toy-pistol hammer-and-triggerpieces, as customarily constructed),lwh1ch facilitates casting thehammer-and-trigger rece. p :The hammer-portion 6 is peculiarly formed.It is provided with an annular rim or flange 8 projecting forwardly ofthe pistol, and of a diameter relative to the anvil 4 to rovide'a spacebetween the rim and anvil w en the hammer is in impact posi- Ationagainst the anvil. The face of the hammer surrounded/by said rim isprovided with a raised circular. portion 9 concentric with the rimandfof smaller diameter than said anvil, 'providing an explosion chamber10. 4

It will be understood that the paper caps are placed within the cupportion ofthe .hammerKand not in a recess in the anvil,

as in other constructions,) and the forwardprojecting side wall of the:explosion-chamases of explober directs Ithe flame and ard onto the sionforward,-and not bac hand, .clothes and person of the operator, as inother constructions. I

Referring, now, in detail to Figs. 4 and 5:

These Ifigures show a construction of pistol, in which thecombustion-chamber, instead of being on the hammer, as in the precedingfigures, is on the anvil 4. The anvil is cup-shaped, as shown, and thebottom of the cup is provided witha raised central portion 4a, formingtherearound a groove 4b. In this form of pistol, the hammer and anviloccupy ositions the reverse of those shown in the evice of the precedingfigures. 6 designates the hammer, and 7 the trigger.

It will be. seen that the principle of construction and operation is thesame in both forms ofy my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters-Patent is:

l. A toy pistol comprising the combination of an anvil and a hammer,said hammer being provided with a forwardly-projecting marginal flangespaced from the perimeter of said anvil in the position of impact ofsaid hammer, the striking-face of said hammer being provided with acentral liring-projection adapted to impinge against said anvil.

2. A toy pistol comprising the combination of an anvil and a combinedtrigger and hammer, said hammer being provided With aforwardly-projecting marginal lange spaced from the perimeter of saidanvil in the position of impact of the hammer, the striking-face of saldhammer being provided with a central iring-proection adapted to impingeagainst said anvi 3. A toy pistol comprising the combination of an anviland a combined trigger and hammer having a ulcrum-pin slot extendinginward from one side edge thereof, said hammer being provided with aforwardly-projecting marginal flange spaced from the perimeter of saidanvil in the position of impact of the hammer, the striking-face 'ofrsaid hammer being provided with a central firing-projection adapted toimpinge against said anvil.

4:. A toy pistol comprising the. combination of an anvil. and a combinedtrigger and hammer having a fulcrum-pin slot eX- tending inward fromIone side edge thereof,

said hammer being provided with a for;

wardly-projecting marginal flange spaced from the perimeter of saidanvil in the position of impact of the hammer.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my Y f signature.

EUGENE B. AN DES.

